Game apparatus.



W. IVI. DE PARS.

GAIVIE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILI-:IJ III/w14, I9I7.

Patented Deo. 1I, 1917?.

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WILLIAM IVI. DE .'PARS, OE IFATERSQN, JERSEY..

GAME APPARATUS.

Application tiled May 14, 1917.

To all 'whom it may concern:

lle it known that l, WILLIAM M. Dn Pans, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaicand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specitication.

rlfhis invention relates to games or toys and it consists in certain combinations and arrangements of parts whereby an appa- "atus is produced that will not only afford amusement to the players and improve their faculties in respect to visual judgment and manual skilfulness but may be manufac tured so as to be substantial and durable and vet capable of being marketed at a comparatively small expense. To this end my invention includes a movable support having a wall extending in the direction of movement of the support and formed with an aperture in the wall, an object to be actuated movably sustained on the support and having a part thereof arranged at one side of said y'all and opposite the aperture, and means, with reference to which said support :moves and arranged at the other side of said wall opposite the path of movement of the aperture, for discharging a projectile through the aperture of the moving support thus to actuate the object. ln the preferred form, the support rotates on a vertical airis and has a horizontal top wall and a cylindrical wall depending from the top wall and extending around said axis, such cylindrical wall being formed with the aforesaid aperture and the part of the object which is opposite the aperture being within the cylindrical wall, and the means for discharging a projectile is exterior' of the cylindrical wall, the object of this construction being to limit the progress of the projectile after it passes through the aperture and thus insure its delivery into suitable means provided below the support for its receptionu ln the accompanying drawing,

lfigure l is a plan view of the apparatus; and

lFipj, 2 is a side elevation, partly in section.

a designates a suitable cabinet or case having a lower horizontal or bottom wall b and an upper horizontal wall c forming a lower compartment (Z and an upper compartment c, the latter compartment being open at the top.

.lin suitable bearings .in theV Walls Zw and c Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917. Serial No. 168,603.

is journaled a vertical shaft j which carries, preferably somewhat above the side walls g of the cabinet, the support it, which has a horizontal disk-shaped top wall z' (by which the support is directlywaflixed to the upper end of the shaft) and a depending cylindrical flange or wall .7'. The wall j is formed at suitable, preferably regular, intervals, with apertures 7.9,. registering with each of which there is prefe 1ably provided an in wardly projeetingthimble or tubulure Z.

n the top of the wall z', at intervals corresponding with those of the apertures 7c, `are pivoted the objects m, here taking the form of war vessels in miniature. They are pivoted to the wall i, on` horizontal axes,` by means of the eyes n or otherwise, and each has a depending arm o which extends through an opening p in the wall i. Each arm o is in the saine radial line as the corresponding aperture 7o, and when the object fm is in an upright position the arm bears against the outer edeje of the opening y) and so supports the object slightly canted inwardly from the perpendicular; the object may i'all outwardly, as upon its arm receiving an impact from a point radially outwardly thereof, to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which positionits arm is folded against the under side of the wall i.

`The means for discharging a projectile or projectiles through the aperture 7c and against the arms o of the object m may be thus described: In radii from shaft ,f and spaced at intervals the saine as the apertures there are mounted on supports q, upstandf ing from the cabinet a, several spring` guns. Each of these consists of a barrel r having a plunger s which is normally pressed rearwardly by a light spring t. When the plunger `is fully retracted it uncovers an opening u atthe top of the barrel, which opening may be closed by a removable plug o. A plate spring w is attached to the cabinot and upstands back of the` plunger, nor mally overcoming spring t and holding the plunger forward. 'the mouth of each gun is close to the wall j of the support 7i, and the gun inclines slightly in the outward direction. j .1

is the projectile, being preferably a ball which will pass through the opening@ but will not pass between the mouth of the gun and the wall j of support i. v

A motor to drive the shaft f and conse 

